Reading comprehension

Read our article about Jackie Robinson on pages 8-9 of English Now No 109. Then drag and drop the words below into the correct spaces to complete the sentences, which are adapted from the article.
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  1. On April 15th 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first black
    ______
    to play a Major League Baseball game in the modern era.
  2. On Jackie Robinson Day, players, coaches, managers and umpires at MLB parks around the country wear Robinson’s
    ______
    number, 42.
  3. Robinson participated in four sports at school and at university: football, basketball,
    ______
    and baseball.
  4. He began his sports career as a
    ______
    player, playing for the semi-professional team the Honolulu Bears in Hawaii.
  5. At the time, baseball in the US was
    ______
    , and white and black people played in separate leagues.
  6. The president of MLB’s Brooklyn Dodgers asked Robinson to help end segregation by joining the all-white
    ______
    league team the Montreal Royals.
  7. Robinson played in six World Series, which are MLB’s
    ______
    series of games.
  8. After retiring from baseball, Robinson continued his work as a
    ______
    activist, until he died at the age of 53.
  9. Robinson’s life is the
    ______
    of the 1949 film The Jacky Robinson Story and the 2013 film 42.
  10. Robinson once said, “A life is not important except in the
    ______
    it has on other lives.”

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